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For every child, Health
In alignment with national efforts to strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC) in Tanzania, this consultancy aims to provide technical assistance in two critical areas: Advocacy in Primary Health Care and Coordination specifically for the Health Basket Fund and Community Health. These areas are key to advancing the quality, accessibility, and sustainability of PHC services across Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar.
How can you make a difference?
The implementation of this assignment will strengthen coordination and execution of critical community health, PHC, and financing initiatives. The consultant will play a central role in facilitating and sometimes leading technical discussions, ensuring timely delivery of strategic outputs, and aligning stakeholder efforts across Community Health, Health Basket Fund (HBF), and advocacy processes. The following are the key activities:
Coordinate PHC Financing Advocacy Activities: In collaboration with TCO health and advocacy teams and in conjunction with HQ and RO advocacy teams, coordinate the advocacy activities on PHC financing. This will require proactive engagement, initiative taking and networking with MoH, Tamesemi, MoF and parliament.
Effectively coordinate all aspects of community health programming as part of UNICEF’s health: Regular liaison with activity and government leads to ensure aligned and timely engagement to maximize results.
Oversee cross-cutting activities as part of community health portfolio: Ensure development of transition plan for CHWs is consultatively conducted, informed by the ongoing implementation research and of high quality; guidelines for community health governance structures build on available evidence and are completed timely to guide implementation
Administer HBF DP Coordination: Active engagement in the coordination of Health Basket Fund activities. Proactively arrange DPs coordination opportunities, ensuring actions are documented and implemented. Strengthen collaboration and ensure timely communication between the MOH and Development Partners. Maintain weekly contact with HBF development partners and chairs and co-chairs of the sub committees as well as the MoH HBF coordinator. Liaise with senior MoH officials to increase visibility of HBF in MoH.
Track Status of HBF Mid Term Review Recommendations: As coordinator of HBF DPs, regular review of the status of mid term review recommendations will drive implementation and progress. Many of the recommendations are being implemented by UNICEF and this will provide an opportunity to update DPs on UNICEF’s work.
Actively participate in HBF Sub Committees: Participate in and coordinate UNICEF’s contribution to the two sub committees (programme monitoring and audit and finance) to strengthen UNICEF’s technical role and input into deliberations and results. This will include follow-up on joint priorities, partner input, and documentation to strengthen collaboration. Improve the efficiency of sub-committee meetings. Coordinate with other UNICEF staff to ensure the right person is consistently part of the subcommittee deliberations thereby strengthening UNICEF’s voice in the mechanism.
Coordinate Development of HBF MOU and 2026/2027 Side Agreement: In collaboration with the MoH, develop the MoU ensuring broad based input and collaboration from DPs. Initiate frequent communication with UNICEF’s technical team, the MoH and Tamisemi.
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
At least 5 years of experience in health program coordination, PHC, or community health
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility jobs-near-me.org UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
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Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable Female are encouraged to apply.
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UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.
Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.
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